Friday, 19 December 2008

Behind today's pod window we have a very special guest. We're currently in the middle of hosting our Nine Lessons and Carols shows with Robin Ince, and part of the reason Robin organised them in the first place was because of his passion for the work of the great Carl Sagan. Luckily for us he's in touch with Sagan's wife, Ann Druyan, who along with her late husband is one of the great popularisers of science. Earlier this week we recorded her over the phone (which is why you'll have to forgive the slightly fuzzy sound quality), talking about which scientists she'd like to celebrate at this time of year:

You can also download Ann's podcast. We're very close to the end of Advent now - coming up in the next few days are Josie Long, Tim Minchin and some more great guests. Don't miss out: